Manicurist&#39;s buffer.



E. M. WEATHBRBEH.

MANIGUBIST'S BUFFER.

APPLIOATIOI mun IAN. 20, 1908.

908,917. I Patented Jan; 5,1909.

EVELYN MAY WEATHERBEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANICURIS'I"S BUFFER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 20, 1908.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909p Serial No. 411,614.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVELYN MAY WEATHERBEE, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, United States of America, have inventedcertain new and useful Im rovements in Manicurists Buffers, of which thefollowin is a specification.

My invention relates to manicurists buffers and its object is to improveupon devices of this kind and to provide a simple arrangement of arts bymeans of which the usefulness of t ie article is increased.

I will describe my invention in the follow ing specification and pointout the novel features thereof in claims. Referring to the drawings,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a manicurists buffer made according tomy invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same article with one of itsparts broken away to more clearly show its con struction. Fig. 3 is asectional end elevation of my im roved buffer, the section being takenon t e line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, on anenlarged scale, of some of the parts of this device, the section beingtaken on the line 44 of Fig. 2. This view shows a detail ofconstruction. In Fig. 5 a modification of my invention is illustrated.This is a plan view of a buffer of novel construction with itscover-plate removed. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 66 ofFi 5, showing on an enlarged scale a detai of construction.

Like characters of reference designate cor responding parts in all ofthe figures and the specification.

10 is a block of wood or other suitable material which forms the bodyortion of the buffer. The upper edge of the block is rabbeted to form agroove or kerf 11.

12 designates a padding which'is preferably built up of a number oflayers of felt or similar material in the usual manner.

13 is a cover-plate preferably of wood, the shape of which conforms inplan view with the shape of the top of the block 10. In side elevationthis cover-plate may have slightly more curvature than has the top ofthe block 10 so that when it is placed loosely upon the latter its endsonly will touch.

14 is a cover of soft leather such as chamois or other desired material.

All of the above parts are well known in the art and need no furtherdescription here.

20 designates a knob or handle to which is attached a screw 21.

22 is a metallic bushing inserted in the central portion of the block 10and threaded to receive the screw 21. A hole through the center ofcover-plate allows this screw to pass freely through 1t.

23 is a separate or loose metallic rim which conforms to the shape ofthe blocklO and fits around the rabbeted edge 11. The cross-sectionalshape of this rim is shown in Fig. 4 from which it may be seen that ithas a comparatively fiat body with a downwardly projecting flange on itsouter edge.

In using this buffer a piece of chamois skin is placed over the paddingand the block after which the metallic clamping rim 23 is put inposition. The chamois may then be readily drawn in under the rim untilit is properly stretched over the body of the buffer. After this theedges of the chamois may be trimmed off with a knife or a pair of shearsand the cover-plate 13 placed over the whole. The handle 20 is thenscrewed into the body portion until the cover plate is firmly clampeddown onto the rim 23. This simple operation is all that is necessary toaffix the chamois to the buffer, and it may be repeated and the chamoiscleansed and replaced or a new chamois affixed as often as. desired.Thus the renewal of the chamois which is so difficult and laborious inother structures of this nature is facilitated and made a very simplematter. Moreover, when in use, the rim 23 adds materially to theappearance of the finished article.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the metallic rim is made intwo parts 15 and 16 which are pivoted together and to the block 10 at17. In placing a chamois upon the bufier in this case these two partsare spread apart into the position in which one of them is shown indotted lines at 16, and after the leather has been placed in position,they are drawn together and fastened by a screw 18. The lower edge ofthe metallic pieces forming the rim is brought down to a sharp edge asat 19 which points inwardly and which engages with the chamois andtightens it over the body of the buffer as these parts are broughttogether. The cover-plate may then be screwed to the buffer in themanner previously described.

Bufiers of this kind are often rendered useless by the leather coveringbecoming soiled. They are often made with costly ornamental tops andtherefore it is desirable that the soiled part be renewed. In attemptingto replace the chamois by tucking its edges into a slit or grooveaccording to the former method these tops easily become mutilated andruined. As these are oftenmade of the precious metals or of costly woodsthis is a serious difficulty, but is one which is entirely overcome bythe present invention.

I have illustrated more than one form of my invention to show that I donot .limit my self to any specific form of construction. I havementioned chamois skin as the outside cover :as this is the materialusually employed. But other flexible material may be used such as paper.I sometimes use several layers of paper so that by tearing off one layerat .a time .a fresh surface is at once available. This a valuablefeature for sanitary reasons especially when the buffer is used inpublic manicure parlors as a new clean surface may then be used for eachindividual.

IVhat I claim is.

1. In a manicurists buffer, the combination of :a body portion, aflexible covering therefor, aoover-plate, and a separate clamping memberbetween the body portion and the cover-plate arranged to hold saidcovering onto the body portion.

2. In a manicuri-sts buffer, the combination of a body portion, aflexible covering therefor, a oover plate, :a separate clamping member,and means for pressing said sepa rate member against a portion .of thecovering to clamp said covering onto the body portion of the buffer.

3. In :a manicurists buffer, the combination of a body portion, .aleather covering therefor, a cover-plate, a separate clamping rimbetween the body portion and the coverplate and fitting around the upperedge of the body portion, and means for clamping all of said partstogether.

4. In a manicurists buffer, the combination of a body portion, a leathercovering therefor, a cover-plate, a separate clam ing rim between thebody ortion and t e cover-plate, and a-handle wit a screw aflixedthereto arranged to take into the body ortion and to clamp all of saidparts 'toget-er.

5. In a manicurists buffer, the combination of a body portion, the upperedge of which is cut away to form a kerf, .a leather covering for saidbody portion, a clamping rim having a depending flange, :a coverlateengaging with said rim, and a handle with a screw afliXed theretoarranged to take into the body portion and to clamp all of said partstogether.

6. In a manicurists buffer, the combination of a body portion, the upperedge .of which is cut away to form a kerf, an inter nally threadedbushing in the body portion, a flexible leather covering for said bodyportion, a clamping rim having-a depending flange, .2. cover plateengaging with said rim, and a handle with a screw aflixed theretoarranged to take into the threaded bushing and to clamp all of saidparts together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EVELYN MAY WEATHERBEE.

Witnesses:

ERNEST W. MARSHALL, ELLA TUoH.

